Local restaurant owners are changing the way they operate when providing food for outdoor events.
They say the change stems from some misunderstanding in policy between them and the Environmental Health Department.

U.S. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) voted in support of a bill that included a provision to fill shortfalls in the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) budget and make significant changes to the Choice Program.

Millions of dogs and cats end up in shelters each year. But summer can be the purrr-fect time to help dogs and cats find new loving homes. A look at pet adoption and how you can help "Clear the Shelters".

Four years ago, Republican primary voters seemed eager to embrace Rick Perry, but his lack of preparation undermined his presidential campaign. Now he's prepared, but the voters' eyes are on other candidates.

State lawmakers grilled Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw on Thursday, voicing concerns about arrest procedures used by state police and pressing the agency head to explain the July 10 arrest of Sandra Bland, who was found hanged three days later in the Waller County Jail.

Former Gov. Rick Perry is on the cusp of qualifying for his party's first 2016 presidential debate, his highest-profile opportunity yet to show he has learned from his disastrous 2012 campaign. Perry's campaign says it expects him to qualify for the debate, whose participants will be based on the most recent national polling of the GOP contest.

Upset about the way a recent state audit painted the agency he lead for 12 years, former Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson is jabbing his successor, George P. Bush, for failing to push back against the audit’s findings.

When the U.S. announced it would lift its embargo last winter, experts were excited about the prospect of increased trade with Cuba. But Texas' trade with the island nation has dropped, and when things might pick up isn't easy to predict.

The Waller County Jail failed to complete a two-part mental health screening process as required by law during Sandra Bland's booking process, according to the state jail commission and at least one public policy group.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton confirmed on Wednesday that a video obtained by his office as part of its investigation into Planned Parenthood practices is “consistent” with other undercover videos released by an anti-abortion group.

Following the controversial arrest and death of Sandra Bland in Waller County, a Houston lawmaker will convene a Texas House committee hearing Thursday to look at trooper arrest procedures and state jail standards.

Texas’ Republican leaders and environmentalists are both claiming victory Tuesday following an appeals court ruling that requires the federal government to ease limits on certain emissions for Texas and a dozen other states.

One person's trash is really another person's treasure. A recycling firm in California is looking for a woman, who in April dropped off boxes she'd cleaned out after her husband died. The firm discovered a vintage Apple One computer, only one of 200 ever made by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.